Symposium

September 15-17 in Corning, NY

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Pastels

Many of the members of the Carder Steuben Club collect other things besides Carder Steuben glass. Member Gordon Hancock is no exception. He is a lifelong collector of American stamps, coins, antiques and antique automobiles. His collections included depression glass and contemporary art glass.

In 1976 he visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art and viewed a display of the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany and decided to include pieces made by LCT in his collections of glass. He bought his first piece of pastel glass from famous art glass dealers Ray and Lee Grover in 1976. Since then he has devoted his collecting to Tiffany pastel glass exclusively. Gordon will present “The Pastel Art Glass of Louis C. Tiffany Furnaces Inc. 1920 – 1928” at the Carder Steuben Symposium, September 15 – 17, 2016.

Something Special

from David Chadwick-Brown’s collection.

This is #6275, Bristol pattern in green over yellow jade. [No further exciting commentary, such as I found it in a garage sale for $1, or it was once owned by Queen Elizabeth, or it survived the great earthquake of…, etc.!]

Ed. Note, however, that this piece lives in an earthquake zone, and has survived several Southern California earthquakes. The picture does speak for itself as something quite special.

Symposium Notes

From their first commission for glass marine invertebrate models in 1863, to their later production of glass flowers for Harvard University, Leopold Blaschka and his son, Rudolf, masterfully captured in glass the brilliance and beauty of living specimens. “Fragile Legacy: The Marine Invertegrate Glass Models of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka” presents more than 70 exquisitely detailed models made by the legendary father and son. Carefully crafted in the Blaschkas’ Dresden, Germany studio, the models served as scientific teaching tools in the late 1800s, ordered by universities and museums worldwide. Paired alongside the original drawings, archival material and video of living invertebrates, these delicate models are on display at the CMOG. Curatorial Assistant Alexandra Ruggiero will take attendees of the Carder Steuben Symposium on a special guided tour of this amazing exhibit, September 15 – 17, 2016.